“We feel that by naming it the Cheney International Center, that the programs and UW can’t avoid being identified with that ideology and that approach to global politics that the Bush-Cheney administration championed,” [Suzanne] Pelican said Tuesday. […]

“Mr. Cheney is not the best example of demonstrating how nations should get along with each other,” said [Nancy] Sindelar, who is retired. “Putting his name on an international center is counterintuitive.”

Cheney and wife Lynne are expected to attend a dedication tomorrow of the new Cheney International Center (CIC) (we think that’s pronounced “sick”). The center is funded in part with $3.2 million the Cheneys donated to the university.

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